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BagOfPistchios on Nov 14, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the C: Effectivene...

The const keyword really doesn't mean anything. It is not checked at runtime, so a buffer-overrun could change the const member regardless

gpderetta on Nov 15, 2018 [–]

and even if it were, it is in the wrong position (as defined, fptr is a mutable pointer to const data).

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